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Controling bump map colors

Hey, as I understand bump map has two colors white and black mainly ? I created bump map and I have some places where white is too intense....

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by lauris47

30-12-2012|10:11 PM

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Basic sun in mental ray

Hey guys, so i'm making a space scene, created a nice sun with point light and added nice glow and halo effects to it - but it won't render in...

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by Gen

30-12-2012|07:54 PM

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Need a very basic light

The thing is, I'm shooting a scene from space and I want the lighting to light up only the surface it touches - no bouncing. Like in this picture:...

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by lauris47

30-12-2012|11:59 AM

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over exposure lighting with Proxy

:mad: Hi everyone, i created a proxy model and connnected it to the place holding geometry but when i render it the model is over exposed. What does...

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by Gen

25-12-2012|06:30 PM

Replies: 1

B&W rendering

is there a way to render out the images in B&W so i don't have to do them post batch render?

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by NextDesign

23-12-2012|11:24 PM

Replies: 10

Rendering Light Bulb Glow

Hello, I am new here and also have only been using Maya for around 2 months, so please go easy on me! I have followed several tutorials and...

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by NextDesign

19-12-2012|02:58 AM

Replies: 11

Some lighting help please

Hello, I have not done much Maya work in years so please excuse the possible rudimentary nature of this question with all the great talent here it...

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by MB07

17-12-2012|04:02 PM

Replies: 6

Rendering Fur

Hi, would anyone have experience of getting best results rendering fur. Mental Ray - or Maya Software? Maya software for me seems to be alot...

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by CollinBishop

07-12-2012|01:05 AM

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Rendering smoke mental ray

Hi, I am having problems rendering smoke in Maya using mental ray. I have a plane set up with a smoke explosion on it using fluids. The shadow...

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by Chris Miller

04-12-2012|04:26 PM

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Glass Refractions

This may be very basic as I don't know much about raytracing, its a fairly new topic for me. But I've started texturing/lighting a scene this evening...

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by ckyuk

02-12-2012|11:06 PM

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Color Matrix

Relighting in Post-Production Maya and Nuke Color Matrix doesnt change my color light. I dont have any idea why it is ? Anyone can gelp me ?

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by alpidem

29-11-2012|03:06 PM

Replies: 1

Mental Ray Default Lights?

Hi everyone, I've a simple question and sorry if it was asked earlier. How do I switch back to Mental ray's default light after other lights has...

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by zestken

26-11-2012|04:49 PM

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Stuck maya texture ??!

Hello. I have model, And I want to make some of the texture elements appear on it. (transparency, alpha channel or how you call it..) In...

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by daverave

24-11-2012|09:29 AM

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Is there any way to replicate the Maya shaders black hole?

Is there any way to replicate the Maya shaders black hole using Mia materials? Cause when i use lamberts with black hole it doesn't respect my...

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by Gen

19-11-2012|01:53 AM

Replies: 8

Render Failure Darth Vader

Hi Folks, I´m having problems with the resolution of a reflective part of a darth vader mask... Therefor I´ve attached a picture that you can see...

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by NextDesign

19-11-2012|12:39 AM

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Flickering Flame Light

Hi all, I've searched the forum and how to create a flickering light has been answered a few times, resulting in this expression that I'm...

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by NextDesign

16-11-2012|03:33 AM

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frame jump render

Hi every1, Is it possible for maya to jump frames during batch render e.g render frame1 and then frame3 then to frame10 something like that. ...

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by digitalone

11-11-2012|01:34 PM

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layer overides

Hi, If I create a new render layer, and set its attributes to say, 'shadow' - it works correctly (ie. only shadows). But only after I flip the...

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by se7enhedd

11-11-2012|12:34 AM

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Reuse Existing Dmap(s)

Hello everyone, I'm lighting this scene in which I'm using like 39 Point Lights for which I've use "Reuse existing Dmap" enabled for all lights. ...

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by zestken

10-11-2012|10:33 AM

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render passes vs layer attributes

Can anyone tell me the real differences between render layer attributes and associated passes? for example, getting a depth map or AO render seems...

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by zestken

07-11-2012|03:23 AM

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Builtin_bsdf_* Nodes

What is the intended use of the builtin_bsdf shaders that are now visible? The "Help on ..." takes one to pages that do not exist and our friend...

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by PixalZA

01-11-2012|06:03 PM

Replies: 2

MentalRay rendering stops

Hi every1, Im rendering with mentalray using the physical sun and sky but everytime i hit the batch render maya renders just about 5 frames then...

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by NextDesign

21-10-2012|07:41 PM

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No shadows being cast

I have shadows appearing on the default lambert shader (the mace) in this render, but none on the phong shaded objects that are meant to be metal...

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by Gen

19-10-2012|03:12 PM

Replies: 2

Batch Render doesn't work?

I'm working with Maya now for one year but now it starts to drive me crazy. It seems that I can't Batch Render animations anymore. I set the Render...

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by ArtPhish

14-10-2012|09:29 PM

Replies: 2

complex scene rendering

Hi every1 Im rendering an area view of an estate with about 40 houses in it, is there a technique for rendering such massive scenes? because maya...

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by digitalone

10-10-2012|08:25 AM